Numerical reproduction of screening-current-induced fields in HTS tape windings using finite element method

The screening-current-induced fields in one of the high temperature superconducting (HTS) coils fabricated previously with coated conductors are evaluated numerically by using a one-dimensional finite element method, in which only the perpendicular component of a current vector potential is considered due to a very thin superconductor layer in the coated conductor. It is assumed that the voltage-current characteristics in the superconductor layer can be expressed by the critical state or n-value model, in which the field-dependent critical current density is also taken into account. The numerically calculated results of the screening-current-induced fields are compared with the experimental results carried out previously.